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***The U.S. Air Force*** ***The U.S. Air Force***

World War II had been over for two years and the Korean War lay three years ahead when the Air Force ended a 40-year association with the U.S. Army to become a separate service. The U.S. Air Force thus entered a new era in which airpower became firmly established as a major element of the nation's defense and one of its chief hopes for deterring war. The Department of the Air Force was created when President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947.
tabOrganizations  
***The U.S. Air Force***
Air Combat Command
Air Education and Training Command
Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency
Air Force Global Strike Command
Air Force Inspection Agency
Air Force ISR Agency
Air Force Logistics Management Agency
Air Force Manpower Agency
Air Force Materiel Command
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
Air Force Personnel Center
Air Force Petroleum Agency
Air Force Real Property Agency
Air Force Recruiting Service
Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Reserve Command
Air Force Safety Center
Air Force Services Agency
Air Force Space Command
Air Force Special Operations Command
Air Force Weather Agency
Air Mobility Command
Air National Guard
Air University
Pacific Air Forces
United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Forces in Europe
tabOther Organizations 
Air Force Bands
Air Force Financial Management Center of Expertise
Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Civil Air Patrol - USAF
Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development
Officer Training School
U. S. Air Force Honor Guard
tabSpace 
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Defense Satellite Communications System
Defense Support Program Satellites
Global Positioning System
Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance
Milstar Satellite Communications System
Pave Paws Radar System
Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite
tabWeapons 
AGM-129A Advanced Cruise Missile
AGM-130 Missile
AGM-65 Maverick
AGM-86B/C/D Missiles
AGM-88 HARM
AIM-120 AMRAAM
AIM-7 Sparrow
AIM-9 Sidewinder
Air Force Distributed Common Ground System
AN/ASQ-236 Radar Pod
GBU-15
GBU-39B Small Diameter Bomb Weapon System
High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile Targeting System
Joint Direct Attack Munition GBU- 31/32/38
LANTIRN
LGM-30G Minuteman III
LITENING AT
Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod
Tethered Aerostat Radar System
tabNon-operational/experimental systems 
KC-46A Tanker
Space Based Infrared System
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
X-51A Waverider
tabSpecial Topics 
Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Combat Controllers
Low-Altitude Flying Training
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System
Pararescue
Rapid Capabilities Office
Sonic Boom
Special Operations Weather Team
Thunderbirds
Tops In Blue
U.S. Air Force Special Operations School
Unidentified Flying Objects and Air Force Project Blue Book
tabRPA/UAS 
BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Target
MQ-1B Predator
MQ-9 Reaper
QF-4 Drone
RQ-11B Raven
RQ-170 Sentinel
RQ-4 Global Hawk
Scan Eagle
Wasp III
tabAir Force Careers 
Air Traffic Control - 1C1X1
Airborne Battle Management - 1A4X1
Aircraft Loadmaster - 1A2X1
Explosive Ordnance Disposal - 3E8X1
High Velocity Maintenance
Imagery Analysis - 1N1X1
Pararescue - 1T2X1
Security Forces - 3P0X1
Tactical Aircraft Maintenance - 2A5X3
Weather - 1W0X1

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A-10 Thunderbolt II
AC-130H/U
B-1B Lancer
B-2 Spirit
B-52 Stratofortress
C-130 Hercules
C-17 Globemaster III
C-20
C-21
C-32
C-37A
C-40B/C
C-5 Galaxy
CV-22 Osprey
E-3 Sentry (AWACS)
E-4B
E-8C Joint Stars
E-9A
EC-130H Compass Call
EC-130J Commando Solo
F-15 Eagle
F-15E Strike Eagle
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-22 Raptor
HC-130P/N King
HH-60G Pave Hawk
KC-10 Extender
KC-135 Stratotanker
MC-12
MC-130E/H Combat Talon I/II
MC-130P Combat Shadow
MC-130W Combat Spear
OC-135B Open Skies
RC-135U Combat Sent
RC-135V/W Rivet Joint
T-1A Jayhawk
T-38 Talon
T-6A Texan II
U-2S/TU-2S
UH-1N Iroquois
VC-25 - Air Force One
WC-130 Hercules
WC-135 Constant Phoenix

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